Instructions:
Record the name of the official Massachusetts community where the crash occurred. If a small neighborhood or village exists within a larger city/town, the city/town name is preferred.
Definition:
The city/place (political jurisdiction) where the crash physically occurred.
Rationale:
This element is important for analyses of local area programs or for linkage of the Massachusetts crash file to other Massachusetts data files (EMS, hospital, roadway, etc.).
| Example |
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Data Quality Audit Results
| Report Type | Acceptable | Inconsistent | Invalid | Empty | ||||
| Local Police (electronic) | 350 | 99.4% | 1 | 0.3% | – | – | 1 | 0.3% |
| Local Police (paper) | 356 | 98.6% | 1 | 0.3% | 4 | 1.1% | – | – |
| State Police (electronic) | 333 | 99.7% | 1 | 0.3% | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 1039 | 99.2% | 3 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% |